Dr. Amanda J. Phalin
@dr-phalin.bsky.social
Economist @ Univ of Florida Warrington College of Business | Vassar alum
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How do I know that the next generation of economists will be impacted by how these institutions react?
"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃
#news #harvard #econsky
"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃
#news #harvard #econsky
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?
“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...
“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?
“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...
“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...
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We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
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My latest at @theatlantic.com is on how Trump's 2nd-term economic policies (import substitution, "emergency" declarations, personal dealmaking, fiscal/monetary recklessness, & govt control of private enterprise) increasingly resemble post-war Argentina.
Not good.
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Not good.
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
September 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My latest at @theatlantic.com is on how Trump's 2nd-term economic policies (import substitution, "emergency" declarations, personal dealmaking, fiscal/monetary recklessness, & govt control of private enterprise) increasingly resemble post-war Argentina.
Not good.
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Not good.
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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It's the weekend
August 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's the weekend
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Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
one thing that keeps happening is Trump taking major steps which impose large, often asymmetric costs on American business, and American business doing fucking nothing in response
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
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Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.
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JPMORGAN: “.. Even with these various deals either inked or getting closer, we still think we are on track for an average effective tariff rate somewhere in the very high teens. This wouldn’t be much lower than the immediate post-Liberation Day tariffs that were the cause of so much market angst.”
July 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
JPMORGAN: “.. Even with these various deals either inked or getting closer, we still think we are on track for an average effective tariff rate somewhere in the very high teens. This wouldn’t be much lower than the immediate post-Liberation Day tariffs that were the cause of so much market angst.”
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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Trump & Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” would be one of the largest wealth transfers from the working class to the wealthy in U.S. history.
But how would it affect YOU?
We built a calculator.
Plug in your info to see what it’d mean for your finances.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
But how would it affect YOU?
We built a calculator.
Plug in your info to see what it’d mean for your finances.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
June 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Trump & Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” would be one of the largest wealth transfers from the working class to the wealthy in U.S. history.
But how would it affect YOU?
We built a calculator.
Plug in your info to see what it’d mean for your finances.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
But how would it affect YOU?
We built a calculator.
Plug in your info to see what it’d mean for your finances.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Not at all a surprise.
Onshoring all manufacturing isn’t going to result in an economy overflowing with manufacturing jobs.
A new study found that closing the manuf. trade deficit would increase the share of jobs in manuf. production to a mere 4.7% from the current 3.85%.
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
A new study found that closing the manuf. trade deficit would increase the share of jobs in manuf. production to a mere 4.7% from the current 3.85%.
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Closing the trade deficit would barely raise the share of US manufacturing employment
On April 2, a day he dubbed “Liberation Day,” President Donald Trump proposed tariff increases on US trading partners that, according to his Council of Economic Advisors, would be consistent with driv...
www.piie.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Not at all a surprise.
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Thursday night preview kicking off soon and the cosplaying has already started! Thanks @dr-phalin.sky.social for letting us share these lovely Hatsune Miku and Toga cosplays!
June 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Thursday night preview kicking off soon and the cosplaying has already started! Thanks @dr-phalin.sky.social for letting us share these lovely Hatsune Miku and Toga cosplays!
Over on the other platform, I keep getting notifications. They’re all from Elmo, whom I don’t follow.
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Over on the other platform, I keep getting notifications. They’re all from Elmo, whom I don’t follow.
I have thoughts. Read a few of them here.
Santa Ono had thousands of followers. Now, it's hard to find many. Check out our story on an epic flameout that's transfixed higher ed land. www.chronicle.com/article/he-w...
Santa Ono Wanted a Presidency. He Became a Pariah.
The former University of Michigan leader’s failed move to Florida has taken on unmistakable political significance for higher education.
www.chronicle.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have thoughts. Read a few of them here.
Please forward this post to the wider Gator Nation.
Please see this e-mail from @UF Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Sarah Lynne with an important message about yesterday's Board of Governors vote against UF's presidential candidate.
Let the governors know how you feel. Contact info in the next two skeets.
Let the governors know how you feel. Contact info in the next two skeets.
June 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Please forward this post to the wider Gator Nation.
Please see this e-mail from @UF Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Sarah Lynne with an important message about yesterday's Board of Governors vote against UF's presidential candidate.
Let the governors know how you feel. Contact info in the next two skeets.
Let the governors know how you feel. Contact info in the next two skeets.
June 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Please see this e-mail from @UF Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Sarah Lynne with an important message about yesterday's Board of Governors vote against UF's presidential candidate.
Let the governors know how you feel. Contact info in the next two skeets.
Let the governors know how you feel. Contact info in the next two skeets.
American Pope says a lot about the current standing of the United States globally
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
American Pope says a lot about the current standing of the United States globally
It’s a Wonderful Fife
Change a letter, ruin a movie
Disparately Seeking Susan
Disparately Seeking Susan
May 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It’s a Wonderful Fife
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WATCH: Rolling Stone reports that even members of the Trump administration are hoarding food, household supplies, and cash over fears about the impact of the president’s trade war. One Trump aide explained to Rolling Stone: “Because it would be stupid not to!”
‘Spooked’: Trump officials hoarding supplies over shortage fears, Rolling Stone reports
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
WATCH: Rolling Stone reports that even members of the Trump administration are hoarding food, household supplies, and cash over fears about the impact of the president’s trade war. One Trump aide explained to Rolling Stone: “Because it would be stupid not to!”
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We're importing less, and not producing more.
Here's 3 ways this could end:
1. This supply-demand imbalance creates shortages and empty shelves
2. Price rise to equate demand and supply, sparking inflation
3. A recession decreases demand (so shortages never emerge)
Here's 3 ways this could end:
1. This supply-demand imbalance creates shortages and empty shelves
2. Price rise to equate demand and supply, sparking inflation
3. A recession decreases demand (so shortages never emerge)
May 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're importing less, and not producing more.
Here's 3 ways this could end:
1. This supply-demand imbalance creates shortages and empty shelves
2. Price rise to equate demand and supply, sparking inflation
3. A recession decreases demand (so shortages never emerge)
Here's 3 ways this could end:
1. This supply-demand imbalance creates shortages and empty shelves
2. Price rise to equate demand and supply, sparking inflation
3. A recession decreases demand (so shortages never emerge)
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A 50% cut to science funding (which is close to what Trump is proposing for NIH) would result in huge negative long-term economic outcomes:
*7.6% cut in GDP
*8.6% cut in federal revenues
*equivalents of making the average American $10,000 poorer
*7.6% cut in GDP
*8.6% cut in federal revenues
*equivalents of making the average American $10,000 poorer
"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research."
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)
Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A 50% cut to science funding (which is close to what Trump is proposing for NIH) would result in huge negative long-term economic outcomes:
*7.6% cut in GDP
*8.6% cut in federal revenues
*equivalents of making the average American $10,000 poorer
*7.6% cut in GDP
*8.6% cut in federal revenues
*equivalents of making the average American $10,000 poorer